Nevada’s minimum wage will increase on July 1. Assembly Bill 456, passed by the 2019 Nevada Legislature, increases the minimum wage in increments of 75 cents annually through 2024. The State of Nevada has a two-tier minimum wage system based on qualifying health benefits being offered to employees. For the period covering July 1 through … Read more
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has sent state lawmakers an ambitious list of police reform proposals that, if passed, could ban practices like chokeholds and give the attorney general’s office power to investigate police department practices. The “Legislative Options for Policing Reform List,” written by Ford’s staff, offers an idea of the policies being put … Read more
Hundreds of people lined up outside the DMV Monday morning waiting for it to reopen at 8 a.m. Officials expected a big crowd after being closed for three months. Customers should visit the DMV website, before visiting an office. Right now the DMV is only taking appointments for driving tests.
A Las Vegas police officer who was shot in the head during a protest for George Floyd is still clinging for his life. Doctors say 29-year-old Shay Mikalonis is paralyzed and on a ventilator unable to speak. Edgar Samaniego is being held on attempted murder charges.
A 10-year-old boy is fighting for his life after being struck by a motorcycle. It happened at West 4th Street and Stoker Avenue in Reno Friday night. Police say the boy was standing in the roadway when he was struck.
As if it wasn’t hard enough to get through on the phone to the unemployment office-now robocalls are jamming the lines. The department says its working on a new phone system and hiring more staff to speed up the process. Nevada, like many states, is seeing record unemployment in the wake of the pandemic though … Read more
A section of North Virginia Street in Reno will be closed starting today for three weeks as crews work to replace a sewer main. The road will be shuttered from Security Circle to Golden Valley Road through July 5th.
Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center reopens to visitors today. Patients who aren’t there for COVID can have one visitor, over the age of 12, between 3 and 8 p.m. seven days a week. Visitors are asked to wear a face covering.
A man is arrested after he rammed his car into a home Saturday night. It happened at Valley Road and Cranleigh Drive. Reno police say they tried to pull over the wrong-way driver, who gave chase and drove 12 blocks before crashing and fleeing on foot. He was arrested a short time later. The home … Read more
A family is rescued over the weekend after getting stuck in some sand trying to visit Pyramid Lake. Sheriff’s deputies say the family was turned away from the tribal land to stop the spread of COVID-19. But they continued on anyway and got stuck in a sandy dry-wash. Volunteers had to tow their car.